Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-02-25

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Ed. r. Schweier, of Shepherd, was
in town on business Wednesday.
The teachers and pupils of the union
school enjoyed holiday Tuesday.
Miss Maggie Nero, of Charlotte, Is
in town visiting Mrs. J. +. Suydam.
Only one state in the Union that
ranks above Michigan in inventive tai
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Watts visited
friends in Ithaca the greater part Of
last week.
John Salmon, of Breckenridge, is sell
ing his goods and preparing to move to
New Zealand.
Alma appears to be upon the track Of
a large-sized sensation. About next
week there will undoubtedly be plenty
of particulars.
The Masons will have as finely an
arranged hall as there is in Michigan.
Work upon it is progressing finely and
the dedication will not be far in the
future.
Six mails per day now arrive at the
Alma poStoflice and nine go out from
it, so it will be readily seen that there
is not much time for idling in that in
= stitution.
The sleighing is getting little thin
once more in this vicinity South OF
Ionia everything goes on wheels, sleigh.
ing having been a minus quantity fol
some time past.
The farmers having stone to sell are
respng quite a little harvest here now
From the large quantities purchased
it would seem that building boom was
anticipated.
5. \. Smith, formerly manager OF the
Wright House, is now chief clerk in the
KirkWood. Detroit 1t is hardly neces-
= sary To add that the Alma travellers
will patronize the Kirkwood hereafter.
B. :. Webb, formerly Of Dewitt and
now engaged in the drug business at
Alma, was in st. Johns on Tuesday. He
reports his business as 1ourishing and
Alma booming - It. Johns Ropiudicu.
: The motto of the Alma RECORD is
devoted to the interests of Alma and
vicinity" and Loyalty does Miss Flem-
ing, the editor and publisher, adhere to
the spirit and letter of the motto.-De-
troit Dost.
There is an old belief that thunder
storms coming early in the spring are
sure To be followed by severe weather.
1t seemed Thursday morning as though
there might be some truth in it. for the
air was decidedly frosty.
y sign has been placed upon the
store adjoining that of w, l.. Hough Il
Co., which reads something like this:
"Ronk & Baughman, Of Charlotte, will
, occupy this store March 10, with new
and complete stock Of dry goods" Elm
Hall Locoi and Detroit Nors, please
copy.
Quite a delegation of our solid busi-
ness men have been in Lansing this
week looking after the Pine River an
neXation question: st. Louis is making
: strenuous efforts to defeat the project
but the prevailing opinion among the
Alma people who are posted on the
question seems to be that the justice of
: the measure is recognized and that the
, bill will pass when the right time comes.
i. ID. Rodman, the ice man, has been
doing lively business this season, as
the following few figures will show:
: He has cat 1876 cords, 200 of which
have been shipped To Ithaca 30 cords to
Ashley; POO cords sold to the farmers
in this vicinity; and 700 cords stored
here in Alma. lie has paid for labor
1922 OF during the winter of 1861 II
will he seen that this is quite an in
dustry and we doubt if any other town
I'm Michigan, of the same size, can show
better record.
Editor Brown. Of the Mt. Pleasant
Tribune, is never happy unless he's in
i trouble. Not satisfied with threaten
ed licking from Major Long, of the
soldiers home. Brown devoted a col
umn Of his Tribune Friday to serious
charges against Tire father of Mrs. Eva
Doughty. tie lady is one Of the editors
Of the Mt Pleasant Enterprise and
Saturday evening Mrs Doughty met
the redouhtablc 2oo-poundor at the post
Office. Sic horsewhipred him. and
effectively, and Sunday passed without
Brown dropping the usual punched
nickel into tlc church contribution l'ox.
Evening Journal.